AHG/Res. 25 (II) 4. Requests the United Kingdom Government, the administering power having sole responsibility for the present situation: a) To suspend the 1961 Constitution of Southern Rhodesia forthwith and to take all necessary steps including the use of armed force to resume the administration of the territory; b) To release the leader of the nationalist movements Joshua NKOMO, SITHOLE and other political prisoners; c) To hold a constitutional conference with the participation of the representatives of the entire population of Southern Rhodesia with a view to adopting a new Constitution guaranteeing universal adult suffrage (one man, one vote), free elections and independence; 5. Calls upon all governments and all international Organizations to withhold recognition of a European minority government in the event of a unilateral declaration of independence, and to apply all necessary sanctions; 6. Resolves in the event of failure on the part of the United Kingdom to take the measures set forth in operative paragraph 2 (a): a) To reconsider all political, economic, diplomatic and financial relations between African countries and the Untied Kingdom Government in the event of this Government’s granting or tolerating Southern Rhodesian independence under a minority government; b) To use all possible means including force to oppose a unilateral declaration of independence; c) To give immediate assistance to the people of Zimbabwe with a view to establishing a majority government in the country; 7. Empowers the African Group at the United Nations to ensure that the request sent to the United Nations and the Security Council receives due consideration.

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